Examples
The editor of the `Emotions' magazine, Mburu Muchoki, is reported to have been arrested this afternoon for publishing an article with
obscene pictures. The pornographic image on page two of the publication is said to have been picked from the Internet. The editor is said to have been taken to the CID [Criminal Investigations Department] hq for interrogation at 3 p.m. this afternoon [local time]... (source: BBC Monitoring Africa - Political; London; Sep 11, 2000)
The Hong Kong Journalists' Association issued a statement condemning the plan as "misguided and a threat to media freedom". The industry watchdog said the Government had failed to show that safeguards in the Control of
Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance were insufficient. "If the Government believes newspapers are carrying indecent materials, they should simply prosecute under the existing law," it said. (Source: South China Morning Post; Hong Kong; Jun 20, 2000)
A University of Hong Kong student sent a fellow student electronic hate mail "just for fun", a court heard yesterday. Au Wai-kong, 19, admits having sent the hate mail, including a death threat, and
obscene photos to Mandy Kan Man-yee on December 13, 15 and 23. But the first-year student, who has been suspended from his business studies course, denies three counts of criminal intimidation. (Source: South China Morning Post; Hong Kong; Jun 12, 1999)
Synonym: Obscene: offensive, indecent
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Consolidating meaning
The Obscene Articles Tribunal branded Michelangelo's statue of David as obscene or ‘indecent’. What is your opinion on the display of works of art in public?